davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
WHOLE NO lI.442.

Who can doubt that power? This great
National Leage will either DESTROY or set up
the candidate of Republicanism We are
power that will rule the elections; but if
we interfere with the ola Republican party
we Will destroy it, Il nay .ake some time
to make New York Republican, but we
can at least cut down the maiorities We
will aid our sister States and give fair
vote to the South, by which we will estab-
4sh Republican rGle all over the country.
| thank You again, and predict great vic
tory in 1888,
After adopting a resolution condemning
Court Justice, the Convention adjourned
sne die
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
SLIPPERY sMUGGLERS.
Eighty Per Cent. of the Opium Used i
California SmucrIcd In.


WASHINGTON, December 18th Snug
glers Of opium into the United States have
been doing a profitable business lately.
The duty on crude opium /, 81 per pound,
and on refined $40 per pound Chief Spe-
cial Agent Jewell says he has been told
that the consumption of refined opium in
California alone amounted 10 I.0O0 pounds
per day, but he thinks this an exaggeration.
Vast quantities OF The drug are consumed
in the United States. Every known device
to eyade the vigilance of the customs off
Gals al San Francisco has been employed.
and large quantities of the stuff have been
seized, but II is estimated that at least so per
cent. Of the opium consumed in this country
Is smuggIed. The operations Of the ouium
ring have beea transferred from San Fran
cisco to Victoria, and thus Tar but little
headway has been made in capturing the
stuff t1ay United States officers know is
being dai y smuggled in'o The country. At
Victoria thefe is factory where crude
opium is refined. Il is then shipped to
various places in Canada, not far from the
American border, and thence it is smuggled
across the line. 1t is believed that the bulk
OF the opium is smuggled from Sarnia
across the ST. Clair river at Port Huron.
ana is then shipped by rail to San Fran
cisco. he customs officers are making
ylgilant investigation of the case.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
PERSONAL.

Have tested its virtues, personally. and
know that Tor DySpepsi4 Buliousuess and Throb-
bing Headache. it Is the best medicine the
world ever saw. Have tried forty other rene
dies before SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR and
none OF them gave more than Temporary re-
lief bnt the Regulator not only relieved but
cured. Telegraph Macon Ca
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
BAD BREATH.

Nothing IS 50 unpleasant nothing so common
as Bad Breath, and in nesfiy every case it comes
from the stomach and can be so easily cor
reeted II you viii take SIMMONS LIVER KEGU-
LAIOR. DO not neglect so sure q remedy for
this Tepulsive disorder. 1t viii also imurove
your oppetlte. comIlexi9n and good health
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
DRIVING THE GOLDEN SPIKE

These remarks were greeted with cheers.
AT $40 P. N. Mr.. Crocker poised the silver
hammer for an instant and then drove
home the last spike amid the widest en-
thusi2sm.
William II. Mills then called the meet
ing to order. In doing so he said
Ii has been made my duty, as representing
the State Board of Trade, to call this meeting to
order. We have entered upon the ceremonies
of laying the last rail in the construction of a
railway to communicate between Oregon and
California. In all time men have laid the foun-
datiuns of new enterprises and celebrated their
completion by ceremonials designed to bring
the acts and the enterprises OF men to the bar
Of just and thoughtful judgment Ii has been
made my duty to inform you, as representing
the municipality of San Francisco and the
Chamber of Commerce of that city, and by ap-
pointment Of that municipality and that com
mercial organization, that the Hon. Horace
Davis of san Francisco viii preside over this
occasion as master of ceremonies. II is my
pleasant duty to introduce to you, citizens Of
California and Oregon, the Hon. Horace Davis.
President
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
FINISHED IT'S WORK.
Closing Fession of the Convention of Re-
publican Clubs Of New York

publican Clubs OF New York.
New York, December 18th. The Con-
veniion of Republican clubs broke up yes
terdsy in a blaze Of harmony. all the
Blaine and Sherman antipathies beipg
buried in the election Of James P. Forster
as head Of the League.
Having acknowledged the greeting, he
said We have an organization that viii
bring into power or defeat the purposes OF
that great organization that created it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

If the signs of the gathering clouds are
to be trusted, there will be a storm at Marc
island soon which will shake up the dry
bones OF the crowd trying to convert it int
a political machine.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
TIRED : DESPONDRET.

For some tine my Liver had been cut OF
order. and felt genera.ly good for nothing: l
LAToR. It's action was quick and thor ugh.
and i impaired brisk and vigorous feeling.
II is an excel eat rcmciy.-J r, H,LANp, Mon
roe, Iowa"
n7-IpIyMTs
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
coNsuLs, PERouIs1rEs-
Colonel Mosby Pushing His Claim
Against the Government.

Against the Government.
iCopyT7g, 1857, By tae CalJsrrra Associated Press
WASHINGTON, December 1Sth.-ColoneI
John S. Mosby is in the city preparing his
case against the Government for the recov-
cry of several Thousand dollars of fees col
lected by him as Consul at Hongkong.
which he was required TO pay into the
Treasury, although in his opinion the
money was one OF the perquisites of the
Consul. The case will be heard at an early
date, and will be watched with much inter
est by the State and Treasury Departments.
and by many of our exConsufs. Mosby
now practices law in San Francisco.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
AMERICAN WATCHES
AT COST!
BY THE AGENTS
BARRETT { SHERWOOD,
14O Montgomery ST., San Francisco.
3-OZ lax GOLD HOWARD SIN m

Price us4sfarnished on application.
Es- All Rockford Watches sold on six months,
trial, and II not satisfactory will be EXCHANGED
for any other make of watch desired by mr.
chaser Rockford Watches susragteed for FIVE
years. dI7St
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

ONE small particle in the eye pains the
whole body. Use Warmers Log Cabin Ex-
tract. 1t will cure many pain.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
STEEL-BOUND.
California and Oregon Pool
Their Interests.
1 GRAND CELEBRATION 1t ASHLAND.
The Last and Golden Spike Driven
by Charles CfOGker.
ADDRESSES BY PROMINENT MEN.
Fruitful and Picturesque Oregon
How the Event Was Cele-
brated in California.
ADDRESSES BY PROMINENT MEN.


ASHLAND (Or), December 17th-The
first section of the excursion train bringing
guests to the spike-driviDg ceremonies ar
rived here at 4:45 P. NJ. From Coles to this
point the heaviest work has been done.
For miles the train climbed up the heavy
grades, and on the south side of the Sis
kiyou mountains around sharp curves and
through long tunnels. The whole country
was clothed in mantle of snow, and the
eager and nipping air " took sharp hold
on the way farther from the sunny south
yet all were happy. The splendid hospi-
| tality extended by the company, and the
courteous endeavor of all its officers and
| employees to contribute to the comfort and
pleasure of the guests, left nothing to be
desired. At each stopping place the joyous
travellers alighted and engaged in snow
balling-a pastime in which many of them
| never engaged before. Near the top of the
mountain the road passes through a tun-
| mel $500 feet in length, and on the down
| grade to this place other long tunnels are
passed. There are fourteen of them on
| this division, and the work of construction
has been a gigantic one.
THE GRADES OVERCOME
Are simply astounding, and the railroad
| engineer of but few years ago would have
| ridiculed the idea that road could be con-
| structed over this seemingly impossible
mountain range. The excursionists were
loud in their praise of the enterprising
| spirit which has accomplished the great
work, and expressed surprise at the magni-
| tude of the undertaking.
The scenery on the northern side of the
| Siskiyou mountains is simply sublime.
and is hardly surpassed in picturesque
| beauty anywhere in the world. The road
| winds downward ON the side of the noun
tain, crossing deep canyons that are span
| ned by substantial trestles One of them
is 146 feet high, and from this point the
| traveller looks down upon beautiful val
| ley, 1000 feet below, dotted here and there
with the homes of prosperous farmers and
cattlemen. To accomplish the descent the
| road pursUes a serpentine course, coiling
back upon itself, so that in places the track
runs within 200 or 300 feet of the point
passed few minutes before Such sights
| as are to be seen upon this section of the
road are rarely looked upon even by the
most persistent traveller
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
WHERE THE ROADS UNITE.

The second section of the train came in
fifteen minutes late, and the ceremony of
driving the last spike was entered upon at
once. The point of junction was at the
south end of the yard at Ashland. There
We're neeembled about a thousand enthusi-
astic people, with the Ashland Band. The
train from Portland had arrived at 1920 A.
NJ, with forty-four representative Oregon
people.
The widest enthusiasm was manifested
by the populace, and the appearance of the
train was greeted with cheer after cheer.
Bonfires blazed on all sides, and the scene
was one long to be remembered. Ii was
already commencing to be dark, and the
proceedings were therefore hurried as much
as possible. As soon as the second section
OF the train arrived Charles Crocker stepped
upon the track with the golden spikein one
hand and the silver hammer in the other.
and said
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
HORACE DAVIS SPEECH.

Hon. Horace Davis then spoke as follows.
have the honor to come before YOU as the
representative of the municipality of san Fran
cisco and OF the commercial bodies of Califor-
MA, VINO desire to participate, by proxy, in this
celebration. This spike that has Just been
driven-those three blows have rung the fire.
bells of the cities of California and have fred
the guns at Fort Point in honor of this cere-
mony-which connects California and Oregon
III indissoluble bonds of unity Applause, 4
rs this occasion is one of solemnity, as well as
woke the blessing of Almighty God upon the
ceremonies that we perform to-day.
After the reverend gentleman had ut
tered feryent prayer, Mr.. Davis resumed,
saying:
Ladies and gentlemen, citizens of our sister
State, we have come here and invaded your
territory we have come here N triumphal
march under the banners, not of war. but of
peace aud brotherhood to lay this last rail and
make this last link of the great chain which
binds Oregon and California together. Gov
ernor Pennoyer, am desired to present to YOU
this badge as & member of the Executive Com
mlttee having charge of these ceremonies that
II may remain with you as a memento of this
day. We come to you as citizens of another
state, but we come to you on peaceful mission.
ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR PESNoYER.
Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, who was
introduced to the assembly at this stage of
the ceremonies. stepped forward and made
the following address:
Your ErceHencg the GorerRor, gentlemen of the
"a -ioas municipalities Of CIlJorRid and fefLour-
c'tt-sllS It is proper at the completion of great
Work OF this character, which completion has
Just now been signalized by the driving of the
last spike which connects the California and
Oregon with the Oregon and California Rail-
road, and which now for the first time in the
history OF these two states brings them into close
overland commercial intercourse, that the rem
resentatlyes of such States should meet. as we
now meet, TO exchange congratulations over the
event and extend TO each other the right hand
OF fellowship and friendly greeting.
Representatives of California: We here upol
our own soil bid You right hearty welcome to
Oregon, coming as you do 10 celebrate the com
pletIoa of the railroad which will hereafter
bind the two States in bonds of more Intimate
business relations
These States have heretofore been separated
by formidable mountain barrier, and the ONLY
practicable means of INSTRUMENTATION has
been by the way OF the open sea. Energy ner
severance and capital, deserving of high credit.
have now practica lily removed this barrier. and
from this time forward the people of the two
states VIII be placed IN nearer social and COM
mercial relationship. The people Of Oregon
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
44,xCHRISTMAS SkLEH :
'

We will commence Grand Sale Of Christmas and
Holiday GOOdS to continue during the week. We
cannot spare the room they occupy Our aim is
to make clean SWeep---Cut the prices 50 Low that
it will be an ilduCGment to our customers to pur-
chase. The following lines we will have on sale:
Musical Toys, Horse Cars.
Harmonious, Locomotives,
Toy Veiins Chimes.
Drums, Tin Kitchens,
Jew's-harps. Tin Tops,
Tin Toys, Large Dogs,
Jerome Racers, three Farm Yards,
Horses, Spring Tops.
Chilclren's Iron Banks, novel designs four to
ten inches high
Toy Books. ABC Books in paper and linen.
Children's Bound Picture Books.
Original Chatter-Box.
A large assortment of Books, Novels and His
tory Illustrated.
Chldren's Toy Trunks.
Christmas Cards in great variety.
Dolls and Dolls Heads.
BasebaIs, Bulls,
Red Rubber Balls, Elephants,
Boys Toy Rens, Cows,
Toy Watches, Picture Gallery,
Glass Grapes, Garden Sets,
Dressed Figures. Japanned Walters,
Fancy Wine Sets.
An elegant line of Plush and Velvet Albums
Toilet Sets, Jewel Caskets, Glove and Hand
kerChief Boxes, and many other things of in
tereSt.
During The Holidays our Stores will be opened until 9PK
- - . = 8 60
Nos IA and 7l6 Street,
sgESTO.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
AN oREGoNIAN WELCOME.

, Hon. NJ. c. George, of Oregon, was called
, for, and said that the advantages growing
out OF the completion of the road were mu-
tual to two States. He concluded by say.
ing:
We feel fellowcitizens of California. that OH
4 interests are mutual and that they are now
welded as they never were before. From now
on, with hands clasped in generous competition
the queen city of the Columbia, which l have
the honor TO represent, enters the race with her
athletic competitor of the Golden State and
now, in the spirit of commercial fraternity and
good fellowship, we again offer you our hearty
and sincere welcome.
COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES.
Donald Macleay President of the Board
of Trade of Portland, followed and dwell
upon the great commercial advantages tc
/ both Portland and her sister northern
cities through the connection just consum-
mated
WEDDING CT THE RAILS"
A. II. Phelps, Of San Francisco. then
read a poem entitled The Wedding OF
the Rails
COLONEL IRIsH's ADDRESS.
Colonel John P Irish of San Francisco
was called for, and, appearing, spoke as
follows
Mr. President, and Ny Fellotc Citizens OF Oreoo
and CdLlt0rRiG-becduSe 1cc arc fclOic citj-cns
Sargent : Prentiss the great orator of Nissis-
; sippi, speaking once in northern town, rose
and said: - My fellow eitizens-because Mis-
sissippian though ! am, I thank God in my
heart that every man in this republic is nv
fellow citizen. So l address you as fellow citi-
zens. There have been four or five speeches
made here by Californians and on.y three ore
gon speeches, and am going to expatriate my
self and speak as an Oregonlan. / intend TO see
that Oregon has fair show.
will not detain you long, because speak IN
willingly, without preparation, or expectation
that would be called upon. Neither our pres
ence nor our proceedings here to-day. can add
any significance 10 the event which has called
US together. This railroad is built not to bring
civilization to You men of Oregon for Won
founded it here; but this railroad is built that
there may be brought to YOU the worlds appre-
citation OF the work which your pioneers have
wrought. In the successive stages of the his
tory of State the pioneer must never be for
gotten, because his courage, his boldness his
devotion, his love of his wife and children his
desire to build for them home have made him.
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific, the eonaueror
of the wilderness and the founder OF States.
SO say, my fellow pioneers Of Oregon. because
in feeling, l am one OF you, these railroads
that are built are built to bring the worlds ap-
preciati5n of the work of yonF hands that
is displayed all along these mountains and
in these valleys, and in the cities that YOU have
buildeG. In California we have had earlier
communication by rail with the East thsn you,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
PACK In q:
REMOVAL.

T ". GILES, HAVING REMOVED FROM
sI 10 to rs street, and fitted up his shop in
first-elass style, with new chairs OF the latest
improved pattern is now prepared to accom- mo-
date = .Sse desiring clean shave. Rair-cutti1g
aDC4s C4slanipooing specially.
iHpIm J. ". GILES.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

! hold in my hand the last spike. ICries of
" Hold it upr'l With this golden spike l pro-
pose now to unite the rails between California
and Oregon, and hope it will be the means of
cementing the friendship of the two States and
make them as one people. [Applausel These
two states are geographically and topograph-
ically united and hope that the people of Cal
freedom, maintain their public schools and
maintain everything that conduces to their hap
piness and virtue.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
H0MR AFFAIRS.
PROGRAMME OF tbs REPUBTI-
CANS IN TIE HOUSE.
Parsons Grief-Stricken Widow-A
Young Fiend-Matters in Wash
ington-Col. Mosby's Claim
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uNIoN.l
Home AFFAIRS.
THE CHINESE EVIL.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcosD-uxlov.l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

[ooNrINUFp ON LAST PAaE.l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

Full account of the
ceremonies of driving
the last spike, on Satur-
= yay, will be found in
this issue.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

Yuba, Suffer and Me-
Vada counties are add
ing citrus fruits to the
PlaC sr county exhibit
at Los Angeles:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

Charles Crccker then spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Fello1C- cti-eas of Or.
egoH: am glad to learn from your representa-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19

During The Holidays our Stores will be opened until 9PK
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-02-03
Does Farming Pav2

OF course farming pays somebo-
dy, for three-fourths of the indis-
pensable demands of human life
are met and satisfied by the pro-
ducts Of the farm, for as the wise
man said, Even the king himselfis
fed from the field" But whether
the man who cultivates the farm is
the man who will realize the pay is
different question altogether.
Farming, like every other produc--
tive industry, at the present time,
ia under the pressure of a strong
competition, and the farmer who
makes money now must give his
personal attention to his business.
He must look after ell the little
leaks through which his profits
dribble away. The habits and
manners OF the town have spread
their contagion to the country and
paralyzed much Of the industry,
and blinded much of sthe vigilant
watchfulness that are essential to
success.
Money can be made at farming
even at the present low prices of
farm products, but not ia great bo-
nanzas that bring wealth in SIN
gle year. This modern delusion
which ruins so many young farmers
is the mania for acquiring fortune
suddenly. The young man who has
in his possession an unencumbered
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-02-03
Peouliarities of Photography,

1t is funny thing to see how
sitting for a photograph affects diff
ferent men. Now Smith is a nice,
easy going man Of some IS smiling
summers. Mrs. Smith died about
year ago and some of the ladies
have asked him for picture. At
ter considerable hesitation he has
made up his mind TO be executed.
So he goes down, dressed in his
best, to the gallery. He explains
his GRAND in q bashful, sham faced
sort OF manner, as if really almost
afraid of putting them to so much
trouble. You see Smith hasn't had
a picture OF himself taken in some
fifteen or twenty years, if ever. The
executioner poses him, screws a
two tined hay fork in the back of
his neck, tells him to stand perfect
ly still and look natural. In he
role effort to stand still Smith bra
ces himself till the muscles and
cords in his neck and limbs almost
crack. His mouth opened and his
face looks as if he was having a
tooth drawn. The photographer
takes one glance at him through
the hole in his machine, claps h
cloth over the front end OF it TO
keep the look of suppressed agony
on Smiths face from fracturing the
lens. Then he mildly suggests to
the unhappy man that it would add
to the general beauty of the picture
if he looked less serious and advises
him to smile slightly. Smith smiles,
with grin so painful that the
rosewood veneering On the camera
commences &c crack, and the opera
tor pulls the string,tells him ''ihat'll
do" and releases him. It's safe to
say that Smith doesn't give any OF
those pictures away. He goes back
for another sitting and, with the
composure gwen by experience,
really makes very cheerful-lookine
cOrpse.-Chicago News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-02-03
Prot. Mann in Texas.

A copy of Town and Country, a
newspaper st Comanche, Texas, Of
Jan. 20, is before US and reveals the
gratifying fact that Prof. w. T.
Mann, late of our city, is doing a
great work there and giving emf
nent satisfaction. We append
paragraph from a half column article
giving an account OF visit to the
school on public Friday which
gives an idea Of the scope Of Mr..
Mann's work:
Last week we received en- invita-
ton to be present during the regu-
lar exercises of Friday. The day
was bright one and we went to
the college with pleasant memories
of the days We had spent in our
search after kno -ledge. When we
arrived we were ushered blythe
principal, Prof. ". 7. Mann into
the presence Of over $50 students.
The principal has won the hearts of
his scholars and therefore has an
orderly and industrious school. We
visited the various departments dur
ing the forenoon and cannot speak in
100 high praise of the work done b,
them. The trustees are to be com
mended for the happy selection of
such an accomplished principal and
the principal is very fortunate in
securing such an able corps OF
teachers. During the morning ex
ercises the Rotations and singing
that was interspersed among the
routine work was grand treat and
elected many compliments from the
visitors present. 1t would be i'm
possible for US to mention the
many pleasant features in tue regn-
larlarprogram by which the monot-
ony is relieved but if you desire to
spend pleasant day among friends,
go tolthe college. They are always
glad 10 meet visitors and they will
not think it an intrusion if you de-
sire to lo1k after the interests of
your children. The calisthenic
drill was remarkably well executed
and is an evidence Of what persis
tent effort and order will do.